Sorrow or Trouble...
Was confabulating with mum recently, about life and things in general... and she mentioned as to how life gives us so much trouble, how we face them and look forward for the next set of items awaiting us... lovely talk it was... and during this, I realized something I had not come across...
I realized many of us mix up troubles with sorrows. When we are speaking about troubles, we may actually be speaking about sorrow ... and vice versa. And to relate, somebody else's trouble could make me sad... it just need not be my trouble at all ...!!!
Troubles are those that are outside. Sorrows are those that are within... If we introspect, we realize that we may have troubles... but not sorrows... and we may have sorrows and no trouble at all... Trouble may not be our choice... but sorrow... YES... Its upto me to feel sad or not...
So,... Hence.... and therefore.... we have troubles ... and we have sorrows ... they are different...
:D
Yuppieeeee...!
Darshan.
I realized many of us mix up troubles with sorrows. When we are speaking about troubles, we may actually be speaking about sorrow ... and vice versa. And to relate, somebody else's trouble could make me sad... it just need not be my trouble at all ...!!!
Troubles are those that are outside. Sorrows are those that are within... If we introspect, we realize that we may have troubles... but not sorrows... and we may have sorrows and no trouble at all... Trouble may not be our choice... but sorrow... YES... Its upto me to feel sad or not...
So,... Hence.... and therefore.... we have troubles ... and we have sorrows ... they are different...
:D
Yuppieeeee...!
Darshan.
posted by Contemplation at
12:37 AM
1 Comments:
Nice one, Darshan. We are so tied up in our small world that this distinction between sorrow and trouble often gets blurred.
Drawing the concept from your post, I would say 'The happiest person in the world is the one who has loads of troubles, but no sorrow'.
I guess this is what Buddhism (or Zen) tries to teach. Disassociate yourself from this world so that troubles do not convert into sorrows.
Thanks for a wonderful post, it made me think!
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